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NEW PUB FROM LORIEN NESBITT, LEILA HARRIS, AND OTHERS: GREENING PRACTITIONERS WORRY ABOUT GREEN GENTRIFICATION BUT MANY DON’T ADDRESS IT IN THEIR WORK
By Emily Edwards on December 19, 2023
Abstract: As cities attempt to ameliorate urban green inequities, a potential challenge has emerged in the form of green gentrification. Although practitioners are central to urban greening and associated gentrification, there has yet to be an exploration of practitioner perspectives on the phenomenon. We fill this gap with an online survey of 51 urban greening […]
EDGES MEMBERS MANVI BHALLA, MELISSA PLISIC, AND RACHEL STERN PRESENT AT CCJ SYMPOSIUM
By Emily Edwards on December 18, 2023
photo credit: Leslie Kennah, CCJ EDGES Members Manvi Bhalla, Melissa Plisic, and Rachel Stern presented on their research for the Centre for Climate Justice’s Graduate Research Symposium on Tuesday, December 5th, 2023. Congratulations, Manvi, Melissa, and Rachel!
NEW PUB FROM EDGES MEMBERS GAYLEAN DAVIES, EVELYN ARRIAGADA OYARZÚN, AND LEILA HARRIS: GENDERED INTERSECTIONS IN WATER AND DEVELOPMENT:
By Emily Edwards on December 18, 2023
Abstract: The scholarly literature and global policy arena focused on gender in the water and development sphere are complex. On the one hand, the development sphere is increasingly incorporating gender into intervention design and implementation. On the other hand, the outcomes of this inclusion are mixed and have not consistently resulted in greater equity, particularly […]
NEW BOOK PUB FROM EDGES MEMBER MANVI BHALLA: PRACTICING REST, RECOVERY, RESISTANCE: AN INTERACTIVE DREAMING JOURNAL
By Emily Edwards on December 18, 2023
Abstract: Written by the experienced intersectional youth climate justice organizers at Shake Up The Establishment, this book provides a guided experience for readers to explore and play with our Rest, Recovery and Resistance (3RS) framework, a spin on sustainability’s well-known slogan “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”. By making time for rest, promoting recovery from burnout, and celebrating […]
CONGRATS TO EDGES MEMBER RONA MACNICOL ON THE COMPLETION OF HER MA DEGREE IN RES!!
By Emily Edwards on October 31, 2023
EDGES member Rona MacNicol has successfully completed her MA degree from UBC’s Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability. Congrats, Rona! Her master’s thesis is titled “Coping together?: Metro Vancouver tenant’s engagement with mutual aid during extreme heat events“. Master’s Thesis Abstract: Multiple factors coalesce to make some communities more at risk than others during extreme […]
CONGRATS TO EDGES MEMBER RACHEL STERN ON THE COMPLETION OF HER MA DEGREE IN GEOGRAPHY!!
By Emily Edwards on October 31, 2023
EDGES member Rachel Stern has successfully completed her MA degree from UBC’s Geography Department. Congrats, Rachel! Her master’s thesis is titled “’We knew it was coming, we just didn’t know what it would be like to live it’: the extreme weather worlds of senior tenants in Vancouver, British Columbia“. Master’s Thesis Abstract: This thesis explores […]
NEW PUB FROM CECILIA CAMPERO, LEILA HARRIS, ALESSIA RODRIGUEZ, AND NADJA KUNZ: WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN THE MINING INDUSTRY: TRACING THE BUSINESS CASE ACROSS APEC COUNTRIES
By Emily Edwards on September 20, 2023
Abstract: The role of women in mining economies is increasingly recognized in management and policy fora. Nonetheless, mining remains a male-dominated industry. In this paper, we examine how women’s participation in the mining industry is commonly articulated through what we refer to as a ‘business case’ approach, and find that this approach is frequently adopted […]
NEW PUB FROM ALEXANDRA BREWIS, LEILA HARRIS, AND OTHERS: GENDER IDENTITIES, WATER INSECURITY, AND RISK: RE-THEORIZING THE CONNECTIONS FOR A GENDER-INCLUSIVE TOOLKIT FOR WATER INSECURITY RESEARCH
By Emily Edwards on September 13, 2023
Abstract: Informed by decades of literature, water interventions increasingly deploy “gender-sensitive” or even “gender transformative” approaches that seek to redress the disproportionate harms women face from water insecurity. These efforts recognize the role of gendered social norms and unequal power relations but often focus narrowly on the differences and dynamics between cisgender (cis) men and […]
WELCOME NEW EDGES MEMBER: KATE LAI REYNOLDS
By Emily Edwards on September 13, 2023
The EDGES Research Collaborative is very pleased to welcome a new member, Kate Lai Reynolds, who is working on her Master’s of Arts degree under the supervision of Prof. Leila Harris at UBC’s Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability! More about Kate below: Contact email: kreynol@student.ubc.ca Kate’s research, rooted in feminist political ecology, explores the […]
EDGES MEMBER DACOTAH-VICTORIA SPLICHALOVA INTERVIEWED ON HER WORK
By Emily Edwards on August 24, 2023
EDGES Member, Dacotah-Victoria Splichalova, PhD Candidate, was interviewed live on the Los Showrunners podcast in Mérida, México on July 20, 2023. She shared about her work on the subject of water rights and relationships with water in the Yucatán Península with her colleague, Nicolás Salazar Sutil, Editor at Minority Rights Group (London). Congratulations, Dacotah! Check out […]
NEW PUB FROM EDGES ALUM SEJIN UM BASED ON HER UBC MA THESIS: THE MILITARIZED WORKPLACE: HOW ORGANIZED CULTURE PERPETUATES GENDER INEQUALITY IN KOREA
By Emily Edwards on May 1, 2023
Abstract:This study advances our understandings of gender inequality in organizations by examining the experiences of young women who leave their jobs even in the absence of family responsibilities. Based on 29 in-depth interviews with young women who left full-time employment at large Korean firms early in their careers, complemented by interviews with 16 men who […]
UPCOMING EVENT: IRUS BRAVERMAN – SETTLING NATURE: THE CONSERVATION REGIME IN PALESTINE-ISREAL
By Emily Edwards on February 7, 2023
On May 3, 2023, the University at Buffalo Gender Institute will be holding an event showcasing Prof. Irus Braverman, speaking on her new book, Settling Nature. The event features EDGES member Dr. Leila Harris as a commentator. Irus Braverman is Professor of Law and Adjunct Professor of Geography at the University at Buffalo, where she […]
NEW PUB FROM PHYLLIS LESNIKOV, NADJA KUNZ AND LEILA HARRIS: GENDER AND SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING – CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF GENDER APPROACHES IN MINING
By Emily Edwards on February 7, 2023
Abstract: The mining sector remains economically significant across the globe. With a number of growing sustainability concerns (from environmental waste and pollution to social and ethical considerations), most major mining companies have highlighted sustainability concerns and social license to operate as corporate priorities. A number of case studies have also identified serious gender concerns, including […]
EDGES RECENTLY HOSTED SCHOLARS ASTRIDA NEIMANIS AND JENNIFER HAMILTON
By Emily Edwards on February 7, 2023
Dr. Astrida Neimanis (University of British Columbia, Okanagan) and Dr. Jennifer Hamilton (University of New England) joined the EDGES research collective meeting on January 26th following the scholars’ IRES seminar series talk on the feminist concept of “weathering”. The talk described how the term can be used to guide research design and analysis in interdisciplinary […]
CONGRATS TO LEILA ON HER CATALYST COLLABORATION FUND AWARD!
By Emily Edwards on January 13, 2023
EDGES member, Prof. Leila Harris, has been awarded a Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies Catalyst Collaboration Fund Award. Congratulations, Leila! The fund provides up to $10k support for collaborative research projects and/or events, knowledge translation and mobilization related to the climate and nature emergency. Leila’s funded project is Makers’ Lab: Art/Research Collaborations and Solutions […]